Flurry of Small Earthquakes Rattle Southern California
The United States Geological Survey recorded 90 micro-quakes, and residents across several South Los Angeles neighborhoods reported gentle shaking.
- A swarm of 90 micro-earthquakes, magnitudes 1.0 to 2.7, rattled South Los Angeles from Friday night into Saturday, clustered along the Newport-Inglewood Fault in unincorporated Lennox and Westmont.
- This seismic activity follows a magnitude 3.2 quake near Compton last week; a 2017 study found the Newport-Inglewood Fault could unleash magnitude 7.5 events, historically causing coastal shifts near Seal Beach.
- Residents in Crenshaw, Huntington Park, Bell, West Adams, Mid-City, and Gardena reported feeling gentle shaking, while the United States Geological Survey recorded one event at 1.58 miles east of Lennox at 6:17 a.m. Saturday.
- The USGS noted micro-quakes are not reliable predictors of larger events and are unlikely to be driven by recent heavy rain, with activity centered around unincorporated Lennox and Westmont.
- Spanning from Culver City to Newport Beach, the Newport-Inglewood Fault Zone remains a strike-slip fault and primary focus for seismic monitoring across the region.
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